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The Adoption Triad Support Network in Kansas City, The Adoption Triad Connection of Mid MO, Adoption Triad of the Ozarks, and Missouri Adoptee Rights Movement have joined together in an effort to help restore equal rights to adopted adults. Please click on the petition, print it, and ask the Missouri voters you know to sign it. If you are unable to help with the petition, please contribute a letter, to the address at the bottom of the petition, asking all Missouri Law makers to allow all adopted adults to have equal access to a copy of their own original birth certificate.
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Missouri
Who May Access Information
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 453.121
Nonidentifying information is available to:
• The adoptive parents.
• The child’s legal guardians.
• The adult adopted person.
Identifying information is available to the adopted adult.
Access to Nonidentifying Information
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 453.121
• Nonidentifying information, if known, concerning undisclosed birth parents or siblings shall be provided upon written request. Nonidentifying information can include the physical description, nationality, religious background, and medical history of the birth parents or siblings.
Mutual Access to Identifying Information
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 453.121
An adopted adult may make a written request for information identifying his or her biological parents. If the biological parents have consented to the release of identifying information or if they are proven to be deceased, the court shall disclose the identifying information. If the biological parents have not consented, the court shall notify in writing, within 10 days of receipt of the request, the child placing agency or court personnel having access to the information. If the agency or court is unable to notify the biological parent within 3 months, the identifying information shall not be disclosed to the adopted adult. If an affidavit executed by a birth parent authorizing the release of information is filed with the court, the court shall disclose the identifying information.
An adopted adult may request identifying information about an adult sibling. Identifying information pertaining exclusively to the adult sibling shall be released only upon consent of that adult sibling. The department shall maintain a registry for birth parents, adult siblings, and adoptive adults to indicate their desire to be contacted by each other. At the time of registration, a birth parent or adult sibling may consent in writing to the release of identifying information to an adopted adult. If such consent has not been executed and the division believes that a match has occurred, the division shall make confidential contact with the birth parents or adult siblings and with the adopted adult. The birth parent, adult sibling, or adopted adult may refuse to go forward with any further contact between the parties when contacted by the division.
Access to Original Birth Certificate
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 193.125
The original birth certificate is available only upon order of the court.
Where the Information Can Be Located:
Missouri Division of Family Services, Adoption Information Registry
Missouri Vital Records Information
Missouri Adoption Information Registry
Access to Adoption Records: Summary of State Laws
Missouri Adoptee Rights Movement
Missouri Putative Father Registry
This material may be freely reproduced and distributed. However, when doing so, please credit Child Welfare Information
Gateway. Available online at www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/infoaccessap.cfm.
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